eldritch
adjective
eerie; weird; spooky.
eldrich;
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a variation of
eldritch.
Example Sentences
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She did it with a look of hesitation and bashfulness, quite unlike the eldrich boldness and brightness which was usual with her.
From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Is that little Missie?" said the eldrich voice of the jotteryman, close at the Lady's ear.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
They had not gone far before the rear-guard intermitted blackberrying for an instant, and uttered an eldrich screech; then proclaimed, "Another coach! another coach!"
From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Charles Reade
He lifted his eyes a moment, looked at the eldrich, shadowy woman trembling in the gray light, and bowing his head said softly, “Thank you, mother.”
From Prisoners of Conscience by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
A rope was passed to the "Bertha Millner," the junk put out its sweeps, and to a wailing, eldrich chanting the schooner was towed out of the bay.
From Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris
